Mar 6, 2014

Although the weather outside still feels like winter, I'm excited to see signs of Spring all around. One of those signs is asparagus. Asparagus is one of my favorite Spring vegetables, and this quick stir-fry made with chicken, lemon, garlic and ginger is a great way to make it a weeknight meal.

I used a reduced-sodium Japanese soy sauce called Shoyu which is similar to Chinese soy sauce, but has a more full bodied flavored and a touch of sweetness that I'm really in love with. I like Eden, which is organic and non-GMO. You can use either one, or even Tamari if you're gluten free. We served this over brown rice to complete the meal.

Lightly season the chicken with salt. In a small bowl, combine chicken broth and soy sauce. In a second small bowl combine the cornstarch and water and mix well to combine.

Heat a large non-stick wok over medium-high heat, when hot add 1 teaspoon of the oil, then add the asparagus and cook until tender-crisp, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and cook until golden, about 1 minute. Set aside.

Increase the heat to high, then add 1 teaspoon of oil and half of the chicken and cook until browned and cooked through, about 4 minutes on each side. Remove and set aside and repeat with the remaining oil and chicken. Set aside.

Add the soy sauce mixture; bring to a boil and cook about 1-1/2 minutes. Add lemon juice and cornstarch mixture and stir well, when it simmers return the chicken and asparagus to the wok and mix well, remove from heat and serve.

You have to keep introducing foods they"don't like", and this is the perfect way. We are ahving this for the second time in a week as requested by my four year old. The sauce is divine! They won't even know they are eating asparagus if you blindfold them.

My fiance and I made this tonight after realizing we had all the ingredients (minus fresh ginger, we subbed ground). I'm literally eating it as I'm typing this :-) So, so good and easy. Prep all in advance because everything happens quickly. Thanks for a great recipe!

This was fantastic! I'm on a strict diet and I just couldn't stand the idea of another egg white omelet for dinner this evening..... I had everything for this dish and BOY did it delivery! Fantastic :)

Made this tonight ... had to substitute 1 tsp ground ginger. It was outstanding!!! My family and I loved it and it will be come a regular item on our dinner menus. My daughter already is looking forward to the next time.

Try...not giving them the choice, and their tastes will begin to expand. I was forced to do this with mine, dinner was rough for a few nights, but we've managed to overcome. After all, it IS up to us to instill proper eating habits and promote health.... GOOD LUCK!

Sometimes people hate a food - and they'll continue to hate it right into adulthood. While I don't think automatically going to chicken nuggets is the answer, force feeding a food on a child over and over when they clearly hate it is the answer either. Trust me as someone married to a man whose parents did this to him. Resentment towards you in adulthood is worse than a chicken nugget every now and then.

You can do it without having to overdo it, if you know what I mean. My mom made me try a bite of fish every time they had it, not a whole plate, she made me something else with no fuss. But she always told me to at least try a bite, after several years, I started liking it. But the again, she's a very a patient woman.

If you go to youtube there is a great tutorial about stir fry from America's Test Kitchen. He actually recommends NOT using a wok on a conventional stove top. He says a 12" skillet is better. I don't know if we're allowed to post links, but if you go to youtube the video is easy to find :)

Gina, you did it again! I wanted a quick meal & found this new recipe when I accessed my favorite site. I added mushrooms & will try it with shrimp next time. Yumminess! Thank you!SusanMeadows Place, TX.

fyi, "shoyu" is just the Japanese word for "soy sauce." It isn't any particular or special kind, I'm guessing whatever brand you use just put "Shoyu" on the bottle to sound fancy. Anyhow, I'm looking forward to making this!

I made this last night but I added sliced snow peas and baby portabello mushrooms. Because of the additonal veggies I doubled the liquid and cornstarch and I used a whole lemon. It was so good!! A definate do over. Thanks for the recipe!

Super fan of Gina's! This was actually one of the first dishes that I think did not work out well for us. I don't know if I didn't simmer the sauce correctly, but it was way too lemony, like too sour, I would have gone with 1 tbsp probably over 3 tbsp, and I love lemon, hubby wouldn't eat it, at least toddler did! I also felt like there were a lot of steps with taking the food out of the pan quite a few times, I guess when I first read recipe I thought this would be a quick Monday night dinner, and I felt like it took awhile. Either way, always look forward to another Gina recipe!

LOVE LOVE LOVE! I doubled the sauce recipe but only added a TOTAL of 4T of lemon as I'm not a huge fan of super lemon dishes. It worked out perfectly! There was enough sauce to spoon on our rices and a good amount left for husband to take to work tomorrow! Prep was quick and easy! I'm already putting it in the keeper cookbook!

I have been doing weight watchers for 8 months and have lost a little over 30 pounds mostly due to finding your site through pinterest this summer. I have planned so many times to comment on your recipes, but have never done so. Today I made this stir fry for dinner and it was DELICIOUS! Thank you, Gina, for sharing recipes that do not make me feel like I am eating food for a diet. When people comment on the weight I have lost, I always tell them about your website, too.

I made this tonight and it is sooooooo delish! I also used ground ginger because I didn't have fresh, only used about 1/2 a lb of chicken because it was all I had and I used liquid aminos instead of soy sauce. I adjusted the recipe accordingly since I used less chicken but I still used an entire bunch of asparagus. A-MAZE-ING!

First let me say that your site is THE BEST SITE FOR HEALTHY RECIPES!!! What did I do before I found this site? I have no idea. But anyway, this gets 5 starts. Made it last week, it was amazing. Having it again this week, and have it on next weeks menu. I used thin chicken cutlets, and it was just so good. thank you!

I have been cooking your recipes since I found you in October. Your recipes have made cooking dinner exciting for me. I no longer moop about cooking the same old boring thing and I don't have to wreck my brain thinking of healthy things to make. I love you site and can't wait for your cookbook!! Thank you so much for what you do!!

I made this over the weekend and it was great! I eliminated the ginger (not a fan of it in cooking; only use it in baking) and significantly cut back on the garlic (I used ~ 1 1/2 cloves). Love the idea that someone else mentioned about trying it with shrimp. Thanks for the great recipe.

This was great, Gina. I think you could use the sauce with any protein and veg. I might try peppers and onions next time with a can of water chestnuts. My one and three year olds loved the chicken, and it was their first time eating asparagus. It does dirty quite a few dishes for a one pan meal, but my husband agreed to do the dishes tonight!

I made this tonight and it was great. It tasted like real Chinese food, and I loved all the garlic (though my coworkers probably won't be loving me tomorrow!). I have a question though, because I am very new to stir-fry:

I don't have a wok or any non-stick pans, so I just cooked this in a regular skillet. As I was cooking the chicken, the pan started getting really, really black. Is this because I didn't use a wok, because the pan wasn't non-stick, or because I had the heat too high for the grapeseed oil? The food tasted great and wasn't burnt, but I ended up transferring it to a different pan to make the sauce because I didn't want to eat all that carbon. Is that just normal for stir fries, or can I change something in the future?

This is delicious. all my favourite things. I used my regular soy sauce and forgot to eliminate the salt on the chicken, so found it very salty. Next time I will eliminate the salt AND use reduced sodium soy sauce. Definitely a keeper though!

I made this for dinner tonight. It was great, but I wanted to share that I completely left out the lemon. My family doesn't care for lemon taste too much and I honestly thought it tasted fine without it. I used coconut oil (don't use canola and didn't have grape seed) and it worked great. Thanks for another winner!

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This was a great recipe and very lemony. However, I don't see the need to cook the chicken, asparagus and sauce separately. I would at least cook the chicken first then de glaze the wok with the sauce.

I'm excited to try this, but no way is it only 6PP a serving. The chicken alone is calculated at 26 pts, and I get 8PP when you add in all the other ingredients in the Recipe Builder. I actually find this to the be the case with many Skinnytaste recipes (they are actually more points than listed)--anyone have an idea why?

I made this tonight and it was fantastic! Thanks Gina! Added half an onion and used turkey cutlets instead of chicken. The ginger and lemon flavor combined to be so refreshing! Prep time was longer than the cooking time. Also, fyi: you'll need about 5 or 6 bowls or plates for all the ingredients, since they're cooked separately.

I made this for dinner last night and it was fantastic - looking forward to lunch so I can have the left overs. Just letting you know that everything I've ever made from your blog always turns out amazing and is husband and kid approved.

Just made this for my husband and my mom during our lunch hour. It was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO easy and fast to make!!! The sauce was to die for! Thanks again for such wonderful recipes!!! Love, love, love your site and keep telling my friends about it!!!

Simply Delicious! The only change we will be making next time is to triple the asparagus! The flavor of the sauce was so good we could not get enough. My teen daughter pouted that there was none left for seconds. Maybe that means we will make a double recipe next time also.

Your stir-frys are some of my favorite recipes that you put together, because if we are being honest, if I am cooking, it's from your website. Everytime. I have recently started trying to remove the processed oils from my diet (Vegetable, Canola, etc.) and focusing more on Coconut Oil and light Olive Oil. Do you know how they will affect the flavors/points/portions?

I made this as written and it was sooo tasty. I had local asparagus so fresh I could have eaten it raw. Thanks for recipes that appeal to not just the healthy eater, but anyone who likes to eat good tasting food.

I have made this 3times 2x with asparagus and tonight with broccoli as that is what I had today...delicious either way perfect amount of seasonings I love this site and I do not do weight watchers just wanting low calorie...can't wait for the cookbook!!!

I made this for dinner last night and it was delicious! I didn't have a wok so just used a really hot skillet. I usually dislike white meat chicken because it dries out so easily, but this recipe kept the chicken nice and moist. Thank you!

So good! We added a bunch of broc to it as well for the extra veggies. Fast, easy, filling and super tasty! Thanks for so many great recipes between the site and cookbook. I have lost 25 lbs and my boyfriend has lost 35 lbs in about 5 months thanks to use of many of your recipes (and some exercise of course).

Made this last night along with your Cauliflower Fried Rice - amazing!!! My BF was highly skeptical but went back for seconds. Another wonderful recipe as per usual! I'm making the Spaghetti Squash Primavera tonight and BF hates squash - should be interesting :)

I LOVE your blog and have made several delicious recipes, thank you! Do you have a substitute for soy sauce? We need to be GF and in Istanbul it's not possible to find GF soy sauce. Any ideas? Thank you!

This was the first recipe I ever tried on skinnytaste and it was pretty good. I really liked the consistency of the sauce and the chicken asparagus combo was great. The only cmoment I got was that the lemon was really strong, but I love citrus so it didn't bother me.

I just made this for dinner. I brought some over to my mom, who likes neither asparagus nor stir fries in general, and she loved it. I added much more lemon and much more ginger. I added cayenne pepper because I like things spicy :) really good recipe.